Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy of Personal Information (hereinafter referred to as the "Policy") applies to all information that the author and the project manager, Sebekin Ivan Nikolaevich (hereinafter referred to as the "Contractor"), may obtain information about the User during the use of any of the Contractor's sites, services, services, programs, products or services (hereinafter referred to as the "Services", "Contractor's Services") and during the execution by the Contractor of any agreements and contracts with the User.

The use of the Contractor's Services means the User's unconditional consent to this Policy and the conditions for processing his personal information specified therein; in case of disagreement with these conditions, the User must refrain from using the Services.

1. General provisions

1.1. This Policy is an integral part of the Terms of Use of the Social Network «Ear» (hereinafter referred to as the "Rules"), posted on the Internet at: ear.social/terms/terms, as well as other contracts concluded with the User, when this is expressly provided for in their clauses.
1.2. By expressing his consent to the terms of this Policy, the User freely, voluntarily and in his own interests gives an indefinite irrevocable written consent to any methods of processing his personal data, including any action (operation) or a set of actions (operations) performed using automation tools or without using such means with personal data, in particular including collection, recording, systematization, accumulation, storage, clarification (updating, modification), extraction, use, transfer (distribution, provision, access), depersonalization, blocking, deletion, destruction of personal data for the purposes established by this Policy.
1.3. The legislation of the Russian Federation is subject to application to this Policy, including the interpretation of its provisions and the procedure for adoption, execution, modification and termination.
1.4. Hereafter, the Policy uses the terms and definitions provided for by the Rules, as well as other agreements concluded with the User, unless otherwise provided for by this Policy or does not follow from its substance. In other cases, the interpretation of the term used in the Policy is carried out in accordance with the current legislation of the Russian Federation and business practices.

2. User's Personal Information

2.1. Within the framework of this Policy, "User's personal information" means:
2.1.1. Information that the User provides about himself/herself during registration or authorization, as well as in the process of further use of the Contractor's Services, including the User's personal data.
2.1.2. Data that is transmitted automatically depending on the User's software settings, including, but not limited to: IP address, cookies, data about the software and equipment used by the User to work on the communication network, including the Internet, parameters and settings of Internet browsers transmitted and received using Information and data services.
2.2. The User is aware of and accepts the possibility of using third-party software by the Contractor as part of the provision of Services, as a result of which such persons may receive the depersonalized data specified in clause 2.1.2 of the Policy. The specified third-party software may include, among other things:
2.2.1. Systems for collecting statistics of visits (for example, Yandex.Metrica, GoogleAnalytics, etc.);
2.2.2. Social plugins (blocks) of social networks (for example, Facebook, etc.);
2.2.3. Banner display systems (for example, AdRiver, etc.);
2.2.4. Other systems for collecting depersonalized information.
2.3. The User has the right to independently restrict the collection of such information by third parties using the standard privacy settings of the Internet browser used by him as part of the use of the Services.
2.4. The Contractor has the right to establish requirements for the composition of the User's Personal Information, which must be provided for the possibility of providing Services. If certain information is not marked as mandatory by the Contractor, its provision or disclosure is carried out by the User at his discretion.
2.5. The Contractor does not verify the accuracy of the Personal Information provided, believing that the User acts in good faith, prudently and makes all necessary efforts to keep such information up to date.

3. Purposes of collecting and processing personal information

3.1. The Contractor processes, including collecting and storing only those data that are necessary for the provision of Services, without purposefully collecting any confidential personal data, except in cases prescribed by law (for example, the execution of agreements and contracts with the User).
3.2. The Contractor has the right to use Personal Information in particular for the following purposes:
3.2.1. Conclusion of contracts for the use of the Application and Service;
3.2.2. Fulfillment of obligations under concluded contracts, including providing the User with access to the Application and Service;
3.2.3. Identification of the User as part of the fulfillment of obligations under the contracts concluded with him;
3.2.4. Provision of technical support in connection with the use of the Application and the Service;
3.2.5. Providing communication with the User for the purpose of information service and improving the quality of the Service, including by notification with the involvement of third parties;
3.2.6. Use of depersonalized data for targeting advertising and/or informational materials by age, gender, and other characteristics;
3.2.7. Conducting marketing, statistical and other research based on depersonalized data.

4. Conditions for processing Users' personal information and its transfer to third parties

4.1. With respect to the User's personal information, its confidentiality is maintained, except in cases where the User voluntarily provides information about himself for general access to an unlimited number of persons. When using certain Services, the User agrees that a certain part of his personal information becomes publicly available.
4.2. The Contractor has the right to transfer the User's personal information to third parties in the following cases:
4.2.1. The User has agreed to such actions;
4.2.2. The transfer is necessary for the User to use a certain Service or to fulfill a certain agreement or contract with the User;
4.2.3. The transfer is provided for by Russian or other applicable legislation within the framework of the procedure established by law;
4.2.4. Such transfer takes place within the framework of the sale or other transfer of the business (in whole or in part), while the acquirer assumes all obligations to comply with the terms of this Policy in relation to the personal information received by him;
4.2.5. In order to ensure the possibility of protecting the rights and legitimate interests of the Contractor or third parties in cases where the User violates the Rules, this Policy, or documents that are an integral part of the Rules (Mandatory Documents).
4.2.6. As a result of processing the User's personal information by depersonalizing it, depersonalized statistical data is obtained, which are transferred to a third party for conducting research, performing work or providing services on behalf of the Contractor.
4.3. When processing personal data of Users, the Contractor is guided by the Federal Law of the Russian Federation "On Personal Data".
4.4. The Contractor takes the necessary and sufficient organizational and technical measures to protect the User's personal information from unauthorized or accidental access, destruction, modification, blocking, copying, distribution, as well as from other illegal actions with it by third parties. Unfortunately, the security of data transmission over the Internet cannot be fully guaranteed. Despite this, the Contractor undertakes to do everything possible to guarantee the security of the data transmitted by the User. Nevertheless, it should be remembered that any transfer of information should take place with full awareness of possible risks.

5. Change of Personal Information

5.1. The User has the right to independently edit the Personal Information provided by him during registration or authorization in his account at any time.
5.2. In case of termination of the concluded agreement, the User has the right to delete his own account or exercise the right to revoke consent to the processing of his personal data by sending the Contractor a request to delete his account to the email address (e-mail): support@ear.social.
5.3. In order to improve the quality of Services and ensure the possibility of legal protection, the Contractor has the right to store log files on actions performed by the User within the framework of using the Services, as well as in connection with the conclusion and execution of Agreements and other contracts by the User on its part, for 1 (one) year from the date of their commission.

6. Change of Policy provisions and final provisions

6.1. This Policy may be changed or terminated by the Contractor unilaterally without prior notice to the User. The new version of the Policy comes into force from the moment it is posted on the Internet by the Contractor, unless otherwise provided by the new version of the Policy. Further use of the Services by the User will indicate acceptance of the changes made.
6.2. The current version of the Policy is published by the Contractor on the Internet at: ear.social/terms/privacy-policy.
6.3. If, for one reason or another, one or more provisions of the Policy are declared invalid or unenforceable, this does not affect the validity or applicability of the remaining provisions of the Policy.
6.4. The User undertakes to independently monitor changes in the Policy by familiarizing himself with the current version.